FRIDAY

It is a bright, Sunny, Friday Morning. There is still a glow around Fridays, even though I have been retired, for fifteen years. The work week is over it is time to celebrate! Not that I wasn't able to celebrate during the week, but the necessity of getting up at 5:30, to get ready for work, would have its effect.

What would it be like in a sane society? Would workers be herded every Morning to jobs to sustain their life? I was fortunate. Once I was out of college, I always had jobs I loved. I worked as Social Worker, a Social Work Supervisor, A Family Therapist, Social Services Manager and I provided Services, to the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, as an adjunct professor. There are always parts of a job that are a pain in the tush; but for the most part I loved working.

Before I went to college I did my share of work. Work that is WORK. I worked in warehouses, on construction, as a machine oiler/mechanic, and of course, I was in the Air Force for four years. Most of the time I spent in the Air Force, I enjoyed my work. I was an electronic technician and I kept radar sets functioning.

No matter what one does it can be rewarding. The construction jobs I did, that I call WORK, were enjoyable much of the time. Testing strength and body endurance can be rewarding. I don't think, the actual nature of the work on these jobs, was the problem. It was how we are treated. The more labor oriented the job is, the more we are treated like machines and the less dignity and respect given to the occupation. I wasn't engaged in that kind of employment long enough to get the feel of it. Later I met all kinds of folks who worked in these areas, who did so, with dignity and respect. No matter how mundane a job is, it requires a set of skills, to do it well.

I might be wandering off my point, if I had a point in the first place. {The Old Man Rambles} In a sane society would we force people, into schedules, that seem to be against our nature and biology? We are very adaptable and we do pretty well; but why is Friday so great? Isn't it because we are coming off a schedule that is not really humane? For whom do we force ourselves into these schedules? It always bothered me that we expected little children to get up before dawn to go to school. Are we training them to be slaves?

Can't we get societies work done, without treating some people, like machines or slaves?

Lets imagine a world, where folks get up in the Morning, and look forward to their work. A world where everyone is appreciated, for the gift, that they have to give the rest. A world where gifts are not ranked or judged. A world where all are seen as equal contributors to society. Would that be so difficult? We didn't come to this planet Earth to be slaves. How would it be if we loved each other?

We wouldn't have to give up our Fridays. We still need a day to celebrate!

Love and Peace, Gregg